Seven Wonders
Traditional from an album by
Maddy Prior & June Tabor called, "Silly Sisters"
 
I've heard it said, yesterday morning
Taler-Ring, Ting, Ring-Tethering-Too
That a ship of lead swam o'er the ocean
Taler-Ring, Ting, Ring-Tethering-Too
And a ship of cork sank to the bottom
Taler-Ring, Ting, Ring-Tethering-Too
And that is one of the seven wonders
Taler-Ring, Ting, Ring-Tethering-Too
 
I heard it said that the partridge
On the shore was playing stool-ball
And the balls were made of sand
And that is two of the seven wonders
 
The pruning hook out in the medow
By itself, it was reaping
and in a day it cut an acher
And that is three of the seven wonders
 
I heard it said there was a pig
And on his cart, he was loading bracken
And the load he was making ready
And that is four of the seven wonders
 
I heard it said that in Slam-Gotlim
that the moon was teaching reading
And an excellent verse he gave there
And that is five of the seven wonders
 
I heard it said that on the rock
That the dove, she kept a tavern
with it's little cup to test the drink
And that is six of the seven wonders
 
I heard it said the swollow on the sea
That he was making an iron horseshoe
With golden hammer and silver anvil
And that's the last of the seven wonders